PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 548 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 3/18/13 EF1 VANLEER TORNADO - UPDATE #4... UPDATED START AND END POINTS...PATH LENGTH...AND DAMAGE INFORMATION FOR THE EF1 TORNADO THAT AFFECTED HUMPHREYS...HOUSTON...AND DICKSON COUNTIES IN THE MORNING HOURS OF MARCH 18 2013. RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 13.6 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 3/18/2013 START TIME: 737 AM CDT START LOCATION: APPROX 5 MILES NNW OF MCEWEN START LAT/LON: 36.1744/-87.6746 END DATE: 3/18/2013 END TIME: 751 AM CDT END LOCATION: VANLEER END_LAT/LON: 36.2351/-87.4439 A HIGH-END EF1 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS AROUND 105 MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY AND CROSSED FAR SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY BEFORE ENDING IN THE TOWN OF VANLEER IN WESTERN DICKSON COUNTY. A FARM SUSTAINED DAMAGE WITH A GREENHOUSE DESTROYED ON DEER CREEK ROAD AND SEVERAL BARNS WERE DAMAGED ALONG HIGHWAY 231. ROOF DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS OCCURRED ON WHITE OAK ROAD WITH SHEET METAL WRAPPED AROUND TREES. ONE BARN WAS DESTROYED AND SEVERAL OTHERS SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE ON HIGHWAY 46 NORTH OF CEDAR CREEK ROAD. FURTHER TO THE EAST...ONE HOME COMPLETELY LOST ITS ROOF ON HILL ROAD CAUSING THE COLLAPSE OF THE NORTH EXTERIOR WALL. HOWEVER...THE ROOF APPEARED TO BE POORLY ATTACHED TO THE HOME. DEBRIS FROM THE HOME WAS BLOWN OVER 100 YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST. A POORLY CONSTRUCTED SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME ON HALIBURTON ROAD WAS BLOWN 50 YARDS TO THE NORTH INTO TREES AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED. ONE BARN WAS ALSO DESTROYED AND OTHERS DAMAGED FURTHER EAST ON HALIBURTON ROAD. A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN VANLEER AS THE TORNADO LIFTED. HUNDREDS OF OTHER TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED IN ALL DIRECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE TRACK. TOTAL PATH LENGTH 13.6 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 150 YARDS. SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO THE DICKSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY WHO ASSISTED WITH THIS STORM SURVEY. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ SHAMBURGER ____________________________ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 954 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 3/18/13 EF0 CHRISTIANA TORNADO IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY - UPDATE #2... UPDATED INFORMATION ON START AND END TIMES...LAT LONS...PATH LENGTH...AND DAMAGE. RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.8 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/ : 100 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 03/18/2013 START TIME: 1211 PM CDT START LOCATION: 2.7 MILES EAST OF CHRISTIANA START LAT/LON: 35.7059/-86.3512 END DATE: 03/18/2013 END TIME: 1218 PM CDT END LOCATION: 6.3 MILES ENE OF CHRISTIANA END LAT/LON: 35.7264/-86.2891 A BRIEF WEAK EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY EAST OF CHRISTIANA SHORTLY AFTER NOON ON MONDAY MARCH 18 2013. THE TORNADO BEGAN ON SLEDGE ROAD WEST OF PLAINVIEW ROAD...CROSSED INTERSTATE 24 SOUTH OF EXIT 89/EPPS MILL ROAD...AND ENDED ALONG JACOBS ROAD EAST OF EXIT 89. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SHEDS AND OUTBUILDINGS AND ABOUT 100 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY WHO ASSISTED WITH THIS STORM SURVEY. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ SHAMBURGER ____________________________ PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 457 PM CDT WED MAR 20 2013 ...TWO ADDITIONAL TORNADOES CONFIRMED FROM MARCH 18 2013... AN NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED TWO ADDITIONAL EF0 TORNADOES FROM MONDAY MORNING MARCH 18TH. ONE TORNADO AFFECTED EASTERN MAURY COUNTY AND THE OTHER WAS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY. THESE TORNADOES WERE SPAWNED BY THE SAME SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT LATER PRODUCED AN EF0 TORNADO IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY NEAR CHRISTIANA. BASED ON THE RESULTS FROM NWS STORM SURVEYS...A TOTAL OF 4 TORNADOES OCCURRED ON MARCH 18 2013...WITH ONE EF-1 AND THREE EF-0 TORNADOES. ...EF0 CULLEOKA TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.7 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 3/18/2013 START TIME: 1122 AM CDT START LOCATION: 2.3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CULLEOKA START LAT/LON: 35.4953/-86.9464 END DATE: 3/18/2013 END TIME: 1127 AM CDT END LOCATION: 6.7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEWISBURG END_LAT/LON: 35.5082/-86.8824 AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EASTERN MAURY COUNTY ON MCKNIGHT ROAD EAST OF CULLEOKA WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND ONE MOBILE HOME HAD MINOR SIDING DAMAGE. A FEW MORE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON OLD BRUSH CREEK ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED IN ALL DIRECTIONS ALONG SIDE ROADS NORTH OF OLD BRUSH CREEK ROAD. A FEW MORE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON JOE REEVES ROAD AND AN OLD BARN LOST PART OF ITS ROOF. NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...EF0 UNIONVILLE TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.9 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 3/18/2013 START TIME: 1147 AM CDT START LOCATION: 4.6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE START LAT/LON: 35.5844/-86.6593 END DATE: 3/18/2013 END TIME: 1153 AM CDT END LOCATION: 1.2 MILES SOUTH OF UNIONVILLE END_LAT/LON: 35.6046/-86.5946 AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY ABOUT 4.6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE WHERE A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND A BARN DAMAGED ON MOON BEND ROAD. MORE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND AN OUTBUILDING BLOWN OVER ON HIGHWAY 270. A BARN LOST ITS ROOF AND SEVERAL MORE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED IN ALL DIRECTIONS ON CLEM CREEK ROAD AND OLD PENCIL MILL ROAD. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ SHAMBURGER